THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-5692
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-5692

Web Gateway vulnerability

CVSS
7.9
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
admin_messages.php in the management console on Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliances with software before 5.2.2 DB 5.0.0.1277 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a safe extension and content type, and then leveraging an improper Sudo configuration to make this a setuid-root file.
Affected vendor
Symantec
Affected product
Web Gateway
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2015-09-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring multiple authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-5692

  • Confirm whether Symantec Web Gateway is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-5692.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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